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Web-based instruction: challenges, solutions, and best practices

Briihl, D.S.(2001) Tips and suggested activities for a web based introduction to psychology class. 1-11 (ED453707) Unpublished Document. Retrieved from ERIC database.

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Preventing juvenile delinquency through rehabilitation and intervention strategies

Much has been written about juvenile delinquency in the last two decades. The problem attracts a serious interest these days because of the prevalence of delinquent behavior among adolescents in the United States throughout the country and the inability of stakeholders in containing the growing…

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Paolo Coelho's "The Alchemist" and the dream quest tradition in literature

Alchemist" by Paolo Coelho is the author's most famous book, the one that eventually brought about his fame and recognition as an important author of the 20th century.

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Major challenges and controversies in American public education

Major educational challenges in the United States devolve around curriculum, funding, and control.

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Limited partnerships and liability companies in business scenarios

Running a business is a challenging process, with many financial and legal frameworks to follow. Whether it is starting a corporation, hiring workers, or incorporating a small business, managers and owners need to carefully follow the rules and regulations that guide corporate practices.

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Domestic violence screening and service access barriers for vulnerable women

All articles retrieved from Academic Search Premier database on February 9, 2011. Adler, J.S. (2010). "Bessie done cut her old man": Race, common law marriage and homicide in New Orleans, 1925-1945. Journal of Social History 44 (1), 123-143.

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Equiano's complex relationship with European commerce and slavery

Equiano's awareness of his lowly status as a slave impel him to turn to a European religion; adopt European (capitalist) business practices; and become an 'individual' in the European and/or Enlightenment sense of that term?

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A Kurdish refugee's experience navigating minority status and cultural identity

I had a neighbor while living in my parents' house who was a Kurdish refugee from Iraq. He was sixteen years old and we often got together to discuss various things. His experience of living as a minority group first in his home country and then in the United States attracted my attention.

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Mencius, Hobbes, and Sartre on the nature of mankind

Philosophers have contemplated the innate nature of mankind for many centuries, asserting that human nature is inherently good, evil or neutral. Mencius, a Chinese philosopher from the fourth century B.C.E. believed that human nature was good.

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Contrasting Chinese and American cultural elements and values

Differences in cultures provide the uniqueness that abounds in the world. Countries have variant approaches to living, food, language and other cultural elements. This diversity means that there are multiple approaches to solving problems and forming unions and relationships.

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